The monotypic Japanese spider genus Metimorpha Strand, 1906 is known only from the juvenile holotype of M. tullia Bösenberg and Strand, 1906. The genus is not a tetragnathid as currently catalogued, nor a nephilid as tentatively suggested in the original description. Metimorpha is transferred to Araneidae, but the name is proposed as a nomen dubium.
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1 November 2005
On the Validity of the Japanese Spider Genus Metimorpha (Araneae, Araneidae)
Matjaž Kuntner
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Araneae
Araneidae
Metimorpha
Nephilidae
spiders
Tetragnathidae